Dartmoor Seasons

Video by Steve Lavelle

Everyone has a favourite season. On Dartmoor we have the best of everything, from hot sunny days when we can revel in the breeze at the top of a tor, or sit dangling our toes in the crystal clear streams and rivers, to crunching through the snow in a pristine wilderness where waterfalls have turned to a million icicles.

Spring is a complete joy on Dartmoor, perfect for shaking off the winter blues and getting the heart pumping again with long walks to enjoy the song of the skylarks, melting at the sight of the early foals tottering around and watching with wonder as the ferns slowly unfold and the countryside and woodlands of the moor come back to life.

And autumn, my personal favourite. Our Dartmoor woodlands become a place of incredible beauty as the leaves turn from green to scarlet and gold, and bring the fungi hunters out in force. Out on the moor, the bracken dies back down, turning a soft brown in the process, revealing paths and tracks that we’ve not seen for months, and opening up more areas for us to explore and enjoy once again. Just beautiful.

If you have great photographs of Dartmoor in any of her gloriously colourful seasons, do feel free to send them in and we will add a selection of them to a gallery on this page, with a credit to the photographer of course.

Autumn on Dartmoor - We have everything you could possibly desire for an wonderful, relaxing autumnal break on Dartmoor

Plenty of beautiful woodland where the leaves are turning to red and gold, rivers that are shrouded in early morning mists, gorse bushes adorned with a million sparkling dew drenched spiderwebs. READ MORE

Winter on Dartmoor - Dartmoor is open in winter. And it’s absolutely fabulous!

There’s so much to do and enjoy on Dartmoor all throughout the winter months, when that nip in the air and chance of snow covering the tors and slopes on the open moorland, makes heading out for a family walk just that bit more exhilarating. READ MORE

Summer on Dartmoor

Some fun ideas on where to go and what to do on Dartmoor during the summer.

Well first of all, let’s remember that Dartmoor has countless areas of safe, open, inviting stretches of grass and paths where children can run off steam to their heart’s content, and they won’t cost you a penny! READ MORE